The man had never felt such energy from an ordinary person before; his entire arm was almost numb.
He had never even felt this way when facing his own boss.
He looked at Ye Shaohua’s unfamiliar face but couldn’t recall it from his memory no matter how hard he tried.
Also, the Dragon Group wasn’t unfamiliar to people like them.
Back when their abilities were first discovered, they had registered with the Dragon Group. They knew the Dragon Group’s first-level members were the absolute elite of China’s ability user community.
The man was very clear about the Dragon Group’s status in China, especially its first-level members.
But…
What was a Dragon Group special-level member?
And who was this woman in front of him?
How did she know all this in such detail?
It wasn’t just these two. Even Wei Zhengxuan, who was standing not far away trying to figure out how to stop Ye Shaohua, was staring at her blankly.
Just who was this stepsister of his?
Wei Zhengxuan had never paid much attention to his stepsister in the Wei family. In fact, no one in the Wei family knew about his identity, except for his teammates who were also ability users.
Earlier, he had mentioned ability users partly to help Ye Shaohua.
The other half was because he knew Qiu the boss was not someone to be trifled with. After all, Ye Shaohua was his stepsister, and if something went wrong, Qiu the boss might involve his family.
However, no matter how hard he tried to imagine, he never expected that Ye Shaohua could easily block an ability user’s immense power with just a phone.
“You, you, you… just who are you?” The man with the black eagle tattoo on his arm swallowed hard. Knowing he was no match for Ye Shaohua, he lowered his hand.
“Who I am is none of your business. Get lost.” Ye Shaohua looked at him.
Feeling extremely annoyed, she simply waved her hand.
Without any visible movement from her, the two men with black eagle tattoos on their arms suddenly stumbled back several steps. Despite being publicly humiliated by Ye Shaohua like this, they surprisingly said nothing.
They just gave her a wary look before both turning and leaving.
Xu Tianjiao had been putting on a brave face just now, but was actually terrified. After the two left, her legs almost gave way. “Shaohua, you’re amazing. You told them to get lost, and they just left.”
Because Xu Tianjiao was just an ordinary person, she couldn’t sense the energy between the ability users at all. She just found the actions between these three people very strange.
She also only half-understood what Ye Shaohua was saying.
“I told you to do Tai Chi with me every morning. If you do Tai Chi with me, I guarantee you won’t get cornered by two thugs again,” Ye Shaohua said, helping her pick up the vegetables from the ground. “Come on, let’s go back.”
“Oh,” Xu Tianjiao felt something was off, but as an ordinary person unaware of the existence of ability users in this world, she just turned her gaze to Wei Zhengxuan. “And this is…”
Ye Shaohua’s relationship with the Wei family was pretty average.
Plus, the original owner had been too insignificant before, and Wei Zhengxuan had never paid her any attention, so Xu Tianjiao had never met Wei Zhengxuan before.
Besides that scumbag ex-boyfriend, Xu Tianjiao had never seen Ye Shaohua get along this closely with anyone.
She had just seen Ye Shaohua get out of his car.
“You must be Shaohua’s friend, right? Hello, I’m Shaohua’s brother, Wei Zhengxuan. You can just call me Brother Wei.” Wei Zhengxuan gave Ye Shaohua a long, deep look, then pushed up his glasses and spoke gently to Xu Tianjiao.
Hearing Wei Zhengxuan’s voice, Xu Tianjiao’s friendly expression changed slightly. “Oh, so you’re Mr. Wei.”
She didn’t have a good impression of anyone in that step-family of Wei Zhengxuan’s. At a time of crisis, urging Ye Shaohua to marry Xu Anyuan was clearly malicious. Not rolling her eyes on the spot was already a sign of her good temper.
Wei Zhengxuan originally had many questions he wanted to ask Ye Shaohua, but it seemed her friend wasn’t very welcoming to him.
He was used to being proud, so he didn’t force himself to stay.
After he left, Xu Tianjiao finally asked worriedly, “Shaohua, who exactly is that Murong Qi Yue? Did I cause trouble for you?”
Xu Tianjiao wasn’t naive. Just now with Wei Zhengxuan present, she didn’t ask.
She only brought it up now.
Ye Shaohua opened the door and, upon hearing this, casually took the groceries to the kitchen. “It has nothing to do with you. She was targeting me from the beginning.”
Hearing Ye Shaohua’s words didn’t ease Xu Tianjiao’s mind, but nothing happened for the next couple of days.
Only then did she gradually relax.
——
Ye Shaohua’s resignation submitted to the HR department had been processed.
The manager looked at her with surprise. “The collaboration project with HC has already started. Are you sure you want to leave now? You need to think clearly. If you seize this opportunity, it could save you ten years of struggle compared to ordinary people. It’s very hard for a newcomer to get this chance. If it’s because of the company rumors…”
“I’ve already decided,” Ye Shaohua shook her head.
“Then I won’t try to persuade you anymore.” Back then, he had interviewed Ye Shaohua when she joined Ye Corporation. Although Ye Shaohua wasn’t exceptionally outstanding, the manager saw a rare quality in her: she was grounded and hardworking.
Finally getting a chance to climb up, and she just gives it up like that.
The manager shook his head. Young people are so impulsive. He hoped she wouldn’t regret it in the future.
Ye Shaohua packed up her things and directly had the courier service deliver them to Xu Tianjiao’s place.
Then she went and bought a large batch of paints and canvases before taking the bus back.
After getting off at the street corner, Ye Shaohua didn’t go home immediately. Instead, carrying her drawing board, she bought two dishes at the nearby market.
Then she squinted, looking towards an old alley across from the market.
This alley had been sealed off by the police after two murders occurred there.
Just last night, Xu Tianjiao had reminded her not to take this path.
But now, Ye Shaohua clenched her fingers, clearly sensing the fluctuation of energy within this alley.
She turned and walked towards it.
At the same time,
Several young men were moving through the crowd. If anyone looked closely, they would notice that each of their steps covered a distance that would take others several steps.
“Here!” The man with the crew cut sniffed the bloody scent in the air, frowned, and immediately ran in a certain direction.
Xu Anyuan quickly followed.
This was a rogue ability user they had been chasing for months. This ability user had escaped from an international prison and had already harmed many ordinary people’s lives. Xu Anyuan had only rushed over after receiving an emergency mission.
“I’ll contact the boss!” The crew-cut man pressed the communicator by his ear.
Xu Anyuan, smelling the increasingly strong, bloody odor, lowered his voice, “No time. With this much blood, the hostage’s life is in danger!”
As soon as he finished speaking, several of them rushed straight into the alley.
Some held talismans, some held swords.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived in the alley, there was no imagined fight at all.
Xu Anyuan was even more shocked to see Ye Shaohua standing in front of him holding groceries, and asked in astonishment, “What are you doing here?”
